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mucking-faori · 1 day
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"Instead of hiring multiple Māori reporters and translators, we made an AI that poorly translates Māori and hired one reporter to check all of those stories who openly admits that there's gonna be translation fuckups. Here he is to explain why his job is a really great idea in a VERY unbiased article."
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Also imo the translations are just clumsy. Someone actually writing in Māori would make these far more concise and to the point, and imo the AI tool falls into far too many common "whakaaro Pakeha" mistakes of literal translation.
I'm also interested in seeing what their AI is trained on, and if they're paying those sources. Many internet sources are not good examples of journalistic Māori if their Māori is correct at all.
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Just hire goddamn speakers. It's not that hard. Stuff Articles are mostly fluff pieces anyway, it's not like they would take hours each to translate.
Update- looks like they fired 3 of their ~5 Pou Tiaki Māori editorial roles november last year, after reducing the group from 10, and returned two other Pou Tiaki to their original positions. Yeah. This is a move 100 percent designed to save money and drop Māori voices.
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sapphia · 2 months
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So for anyone who doesn’t keep up with nz politics, which i’m assuming is most of you, our new radical right government have decided one of their main aims of their term will be to re-interpret the Treaty of Waitangi.
The Treaty is an agreement between Maori and the Crown, now the NZ government. It is the founding document of new zealand and is recognised as a constitutional document today; it is the only treaty of its kind/time still honoured, and it is the steps we’ve taken through the Treaty to provide restitution and build an ongoing relationship with Maori and their iwi (tribes) that has allowed the relationship between Maori and the government to thrive where other indigenous groups have struggled to achieve recognition of their rights.
This is going to be entirely undone. Not only is this issue inflammatory and a threat to race relations in Aotearoa, leaked documents show the proposed “reinterpretation” wants to negate pretty much the entirety of the legal rights provided to Maori under the treaty. For example, the treaty article that guarantees land rights for Maori will be reinterpreted to guarantee land rights for “all New Zealanders”. Which means this article would be essentially meaningless for Maori.
By removing Maori from the context they are trying to put Maori on an “equal footing” with all New Zealanders; they are riding the idea that Maori have special rights and privileges above that of the average New Zealander. Obviously this is bullshit but it’s effective rhetoric and there’s a grain of truth to in that the extent of Maori rights hadn’t been clearly defined due to the ongoing nature of the process. So this has got a lot of people with a poor grasp of the issues very upset and baying for change.
There is a hui (meeting) being held today for all the iwi to begin discussions of how Maori will respond to this. New Zealand politics isn’t very interesting usually, but our progress on indigenous rights, until now, has been absolutely ahead of the field. If you care about indigenous rights globally, you should care about this, because in the same way Australia’s referendum loss has spurred on this action, the loss of rights here will spur other right wing governments to be similarly bold to their own indigenous groups.
Indigenous rights in New Zealand are under attack. They are meeting today to discuss it, and New Zealand will be listening, but I want the world to be listening. Because our government needs the shame of being called out by more than just the people who they’ve already decided don’t vote for them.
Maori have a long and proud history of fighting for their rights, and they’ll do it again here. And I’ll be on the pickets beside them, but there’ll be plenty of my own pickets to attend, because this government is radical in every sense of the word.
So please, even if you’re very far away, stand behind them in this. Keep your eyes on us. Amplify their voices. Don’t let the racism drown them out.
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streetl4mp · 1 year
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the trans community of aotearoa new zealand is mourning the death of georgina beyer, world’s first trans mayor and member of parliament.
i just wanna really emphasise how impressive what this woman has done is. she went from sex work into politics, was elected mayor of a relatively rural small town, yelled at transphobic destiny church members from the steps of parliament, advocated for sex workers and trans people throughout her career and into retirement, and was the world’s first trans member of parliament. that’s just crazy impressive to me.
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night-zaveri · 9 days
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brownskinlemon · 2 months
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can you write aaaa… dominic fike x reader/gf surprises him after a show overseas and they have sum great ‘i mmissed u’ sex ? 💋✨
pairings: dom/fem!reader gf
word count: 2,047
warnings: smut, multiple 0rg@sms, fluff, swearing
authors not: this was super fun to write! ty for the requests <3
Bass boosted through the venue, an electric guitar riffing in the distance as you watched your boyfriend through a small tv in the green room. You were sitting on the couch, excitedly toying your fingers against the worn leather as you waited for Reed to give you the okay to head to Dominic’s hotel. It was 9pm already, you had been here for an hour, all without Dom’s knowledge. You had to see him perform before heading there to surprise him.
It started with the expected loneliness that filled your apartment when  he left for tour, and then a not-so-silly idea as he joked on the phone.
“I wish you could come see me in New Zealand.” He chuckled, you two talked for a bit more until you decided to pretend to head to bed. As he headed to sound check somewhere in Europe, you stayed up late, searching for the nearest ticket to meet him in New Zealand. It had taken some sneaky conversations with Reed and some planning but you had formulated a plan to surprise him in NZ.
Now, here you were, pulled out of your trance by Reed poking his head into the green room.
“He’ll be off in about 25. Driver’s outside and it’s about a 15 minute drive away.” He smiled softly.
You hopped up, following him down a dark hallway and exiting out through a side door, swiveling your head around as you headed to a blacked out SUV, surprised to find no fans waiting outside the venue.
“They’re on the other side.” Reed chuckled, reading your mind. “Here’s the hotel key. Now shoo!” He joked, urging you into the car.
The ride to the hotel was calm and beautiful, the sights of Auckland keeping you in awe. You arrived at the Sofitel hotel, trying to maintain your composure at how grand and pristine the building was. The lifestyle that Dom had created for you was still too much to take in at times.
After checking in, you headed to the bar to pass time, wanting to give Dominic time to shower. You knew how hard we went at shows, and you figured he’d want to be clean and refreshed to be surprised. The sexual tension that had been laced in you two’s recent texts hinted to you what tonight could look like.
While waiting, you got a text from Reed:
“He headed up to the room about 15 ago, you should be all good to go. Good luck xx.” You were suddenly overcome with nervousness as you made your way to the elevator. You two had been together for about 2 years and you still couldn’t help the nervousness that overcame you when you were reunited with him. You chewed gently on your bottom lip, tapping your foot as the elevator made its way to the penthouse suite. After tapping your key, you gently opened the door, closing it behind you and crossing your fingers in hope that he was still in the shower. As you made your way through the suite, you were met with ever growing sounds of music echoing in the bathroom, paired with the steady pour of the shower. You tiptoed past the bathroom door, making your way to the bedroom, gently closing the door behind you. 
You kicked off your shoes, eyes catching yourself in the mirror, eyes scanning over the tight sundress you had decided on for today. Your eyes scanned over the room, suddenly met with a view that couldn’t be described as anything less than stunning. It was a top floor view, overlooking the whole city, the colorful lights gently illuminating the dim room.
You were taken out of your trance by a sudden deep voice behind you.
“What the fuck” 
You turned on your heels, eyes caught onto Dom in the doorway, clad only in pajama pants and his jaw agape as he tried to register that you were here, right in front of him.
“Surprise…” You said breathlessly with a shy smile, heart racing in your chest as if you were seeing him for the first time.
He strided over to you silently, lifting you up into his large arms, engulfing you in his scent. He dug his face into your neck as you wrapped your legs around his waist, squeezing each other tighter than ever. After a few moments, he placed you on your feet gently, hands laced behind the small of your back as he ogled down at you like a schoolboy with a crush.
“You are fucking insane! How did you pull this off?” His voice slightly raspy from his concert earlier in the night.
“Blame Reed. He’s sneaky and an enabler. I came to him as a joke and he helped me figure it out.” You chuckled, smiling up at him. 
“I missed you so much today you have no idea.” He sighed contently. He leaned forward, kissing you slowly, leaning back a moment later to leave his forehead on yours.
“Is that so? Wanna show me how much?” You slyly remarked, suddenly hyper aware of the desire pooling your insides and raising your temperature.
His eyes shifted between yours, a darkness began to circle them as he realized what you meant. He nodded silently, grabbing your face with his hands and kissing you fervently, almost making your knees buckle. Your tongues danced together and he pulled you up into his arms again, finding the desk near the window to sit you on.
He pulled himself to stand between your legs, grabbing your neck gently and tilting it back for easy access to mark you. He switched between lightly ghosting over your most sensitive spots to littering marks all over your neck, driven on by the whines that left your throat.
He pulled back to scan over your body, hands running up and down your inner thighs..
“This dress looks, really fucking good on you. And it's…” His hand ghosted lightly over your clothed clit, making you gasp. “Easy access.” He smirked innocently at your reaction.
You whined at the loss of contact, hands gripping onto his biceps and eyes pleading up at him. He understood what those whines meant, cueing you to lift up as he gently pulled your panties off, throwing them somewhere in the large room. Your breath stalled in your chest at how he lowered himself onto his knees, keeping eye contact with you as he teased between your inner thighs, extremely close to where you needed him most. 
“Dom please I-” You were suddenly cut off by his pink lips wrapping around your clit, making you let out a high pitched sound at the sudden surge of pleasure, arching up into arms and leaning your head back onto the window behind you.  
You couldn’t help the way your hips grinded up into his tongue that circled you so skillfully, one hand laced in his curls, the other dug into the edges of the desk, desperate to find anything to hold onto. He hummed into you from contentment, enjoying the sounds spilling from your mouth, as you became a babbling mess of moans and echoes of his name. Your eyes rolled back as he slowly and gently worked one, and then two of his long fingers into you, pressing deeply at your g-spot not losing his rhythm between your legs.
Your legs tensed as a coil in your abdomen began twisting and alerting you and him to the way you were about to become undone. 
“Cmon baby...look at me..” He cooed gently, not stalling his pace. You forcefully looked down at him through squinted eyes that were threatening to close at any moment. “Give it to me, pretty girl.” Your breath ran ragged, the way the lights danced across him, the innocent look in his eyes despite what he was currently doing sent you over the edge. Your eyes squeezed together as you thrashed in his arms, coming undone with a series of ragged moans, riding out your high as he began to draw back on his torture between your legs. 
Your head stayed laid back and eyes stayed closed as you attempted to catch your breath. You heard Dominic shuffle to stand up. Your head snapped up and eyes caught onto his as the tip of his length gently rubbed the entrance of the ache between your legs. One hand held the small of your back up while the other held the base of his length. He groaned quietly at the sight of your wetness that had pooled between your legs. He gently let you adjust to his size, working into you inch by inch, eyes trained onto your face to watch for your reactions. You both moaned in unison as his hips met yours, his hands leaning over to the window behind you, hiking your leg up. 
“You feel so amazing my god “ he groaned. His thrusts began gently, rocking into you at a steady pace. You looked up at him, mouth agape, as he coaxed you through it gently. “So p-pretty. Good girl.” 
“Harder Dom- please baby, please.” You begged. He didn’t stall, picking up his pace, the sound of his hips colliding with yours and your increasingly loud moans filled the room. You clung to him, hands around his back as he pounded into you. His lips collided with yours suddenly, the kiss filled with passion.
“I love you..i love you..i love you..” He mumbled desperately against your lips, moving deeper than before.
“I l-love you” You managed to get out through your moans.
He kissed you deeply again, leaning back to gently pull out and flip you to stand on your feet facing the window. You felt his breath ghost over your ear as he whispered gently.
“The view is almost as pretty as you. Wanted you to see it too..” He said, gently smirking at the way your body shivered from the kisses he traced down your neck and  back, gently teasing the tip at your entrance again before sliding back into you, leaving your mouth agape. He gently pressed down on your back, queuing you to relax over the desk. He resumed his earlier pace into you, kneading at your ass that was positioned up to him. One hand made its way around you to grip the sides on your neck, the other finding its way between your legs.
The combination of the delicious pressure on your neck coupled with the circling of your clit left you feeling dizzy and your knees buckling.
“Holy shittt” You whined, tears pooling in the corners of your eyes. If he kept going the way he was, you weren’t going to last for long. Your hand went up to cup his hand around your throat gently.
“Can you give me one more baby? I know you can..c'mon..” He cooed in your ear,relishing in the way that his words made you clench down on him.One particular thrust made you finally come undone for the second time, forcing you up on your tippy toes, eyes rolling back as you cried out Dominic’s name like a mantra.
He finished soon after, pulling out with a gasp, and finishing on the curve of your ass. He leaned over you, placing his head on your shoulder as you stood shivering, trying to come back to reality.
“Good job baby.” He smiled as he kissed your cheek.
You smiled gently as you came to, opening your eyes to fully take in the view in front of you.
“What happened to your fear of heights?” You toyed, turning in his arms. 
“Fear of heights can’t beat the orgasm I just had not gonna lie.” He deadpanned, making you weakly laugh. He scooped you up, forcing you to pee while he ran you two a bath, shortly making both of your ways to relax in the water with your back against his chest.
“I feel lucky, so many girls wish they could have.. that but only got an autograph.” You smiled lazily
“Oh trust me you got a few signatures of your own” He smirked, pointing at your neck “Seven to be exact.”
You jokingly rolled your eyes. Relaxing against him, you were just grateful to be back in his arms again.
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thiswillnotdo · 3 months
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of-two-lands · 11 months
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sleepy-bebby · 2 years
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Baby highland cow gets scritches.
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ashiistired · 4 months
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Why are TLT modern AUs so America-centric like no Gideon would not shop at Costco she would shop at Pack n’ Save. They’re KIWI
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auroradawn69 · 25 days
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under & side boob...
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scottpartridge · 4 months
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The Bird of the Century is the Great Crested Grebe, or Pūteketeke
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mucking-faori · 1 month
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This stupid bitch is going to court over a 90 minute course
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Also the course is specifically on maori world views in regards to land and working with iwi and maori clients, so it's not even like she's being taught about maori "religious" beliefs that could conflict with her own.
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oh my god… move over bird of the year it’s time for BUG of the year!!!! it’s the first ever annual competition and there are 24 competitors including the giraffe weevil, wētāpunga, and kapowai (giant dragonfly)! can’t wait to vote
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turtles-on-turts · 5 months
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I thought I'd put together some things those of us based in Aotearoa can do in support of Palestine. (Updated as of 2/12)
Follow Aotearoa based organisations
Palestinian Solidarity Network Aotearoa (Facebook/Instagram). PSNA's website is a really great place to start, as it has plenty of resources and links to regional groups and other groups which support Palestinian rights. You can also sign up for their newsletter to keep updated.
Palestinian Youth Aotearoa (Facebook/Instagram)
Aotearoa Liberation League
Other Instagram accounts: @/muslimyouth.society, @/dayenunz, @/palestinian.id, @/just4pal (Pōneke based).
Sign (and share) petitions
Sign PSNA's petition to close the Israeli Embassy.
Sign PYA's petition for the New Zealand Government to demand an immediate ceasefire.
Sign PSNA's petition for an urgent parliamentary study to review Israel’s treatment of children in Israeli occupied Palestine and compliance with its obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Sign this petition calling the government to deem Israeli actions against Palestinian civilians as war crimes
Sign this petition for the creation of a special visa for Palestinians in Gaza who have family members in NZ
You can also sign these two international petitions: Amnesty, Avaaz
If you're an Aotearoa based artist, there are two letters you can sign: Aotearoa Artists 4 Ceasefire, and Artists for Ceasefire (two different letters by the same name).
If you're a Māori health professional, you can sign the Māori Doctors in Solidarity with Palestine open letter.
If you're a student/staff member/alumni of a university in Aotearoa, you can sign this open letter to university vice chancellors calling for our universities to stand in solidarity with Palestine.
If you're a Christian, you can sign this open letter by Christians for Peace in Palestine.
Write to MPs
Write to Luxon and Hipkins. PSNA has a page with an email template you can use.
Write to your electorate MP. United for Palestine is a really handy Whatsapp community where you can join a group chat for your electorate and you'll get email templates to be emailed to your MP and to other relevant MPs. (Only group admins can message, so you don't need to worry about spam.)
Justice for Palestine also has a guide to letter writing to MPs that is linked at the bottom of this page
Show up
Rallies and vigils are being held every weekend all over the country. Details for when and where are on the PSNA's Facebook events page. (There should also be info on the Instagram accounts listed above)
If you're in Ōtautahi, there are vigils being held on Wednesdays at the Bridge of Remembrance at 7:30. Bring some kai if you can.
Boycott
The BDS movement has called for a boycott of these companies active in Aotearoa: AXA, Puma, HP, Siemens, Ahava, Sodastream, RE/MAX, Pampers, Obela, and Israeli produce (this list is from BDSNZ and BDS Movement). BDS also encourages additional boycotts of McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Burger King, and Domino's Pizza.
Halal Kiwi is a useful app that has a list of brands in Aotearoa that support Israel (note that not all the brands listed are officially part of the BDS boycott)
Read more about BDS and what to boycott here.
While you boycott, you can also buy Palestinian goods through Preserved Identity, an Aotearoa-based and Palestinian-run social enterprise.
Divest
If you have a Kiwisaver and/or have your money in any other investment fund, check what your provider invests in, even if you use an "ethical" fund. Mindful Money is a great tool for checking and comparing how ethical the fund you use is. (It's also just a really good exercise in knowing what your money is going to)
"Ethical" providers such as Simplicity and Pathfinder may still have holdings that contribute to the genocide. Email and put pressure on these providers to review their investments, make a public statement, and divest. Simplicity has already divested from three Israeli banks due to public pressure.
Check if your bank is investing in Israel and ask them to divest as well. You can do the same with other banks (this generates customer inquiry tickets on the subject of divesting in Israel)
Educate yourself. Some good places to start are Decolonize Palestine and Palestine Academy (which has a really easy video based course), but keep reading, and keep critically thinking about what you're reading.
This is just a collection of things I'm aware of, but if anyone has anything to add/correct please feel free. I'll be editing this post as things pop up, so please reblog the original post. Ngā mihi to those of you who have added additions!
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herfstroos · 2 months
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nezzling · 4 months
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Sneaky summertime squishes <3
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